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Chrysler Fifth Avenue (first generation)

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The first Fifth Avenue was an option package on the R body New Yorker, a V8 powered, rear wheel drive sedan on a 118.5 inch wheelbase, finished at first in two tone cream on beige with Champagne leather, driftwood woodgrain trim, a landau vinyl roof and a special hood ornament, with fixed rear quarter windows. Concealed headlights carried over from the discontinued Imperial LeBaron. Its model years run from 1979 to 1981.

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1979 1
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Source Wikipedia: ChryslerHistory, 1925 to 1998: Chrysler Corporationtier 2
Quote, History, 1925 to 1998: Chrysler Corporation
The Chrysler company was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation.
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1. Wikipedia: Chrysler Fifth Avenue
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  • First generation (R platform; 1979-1981)
    The R-body Fifth Avenues ran for three years, although additional Fifth Avenue colors were added for 1980 and 1981.
  • Year: First generation (R platform; 1979-1981)
    The R-body Fifth Avenues ran for three years, although additional Fifth Avenue colors were added for 1980 and 1981.
  • First generation (R platform; 1979-1981), passage 2
    The Fifth Avenue name was first used in 1979, on an upmarket trim-level of the
  • Body style, sedan: First generation (R platform; 1979-1981)
    nameplate that was used by Chrysler on several of its larger sedans from 1979 to 1993
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Wikipedia: Chrysler
WikipediaHistory, 1925 to 1998: Chrysler Corporation
Quote, History, 1925 to 1998: Chrysler Corporation
The Chrysler company was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation.
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